VMWare?

Thomas D. Ward tward1978 at earthlink.net
Sun Apr 20 14:33:54 EDT 2003


Hi, Mitchell. why didn't you just configure x-windows, and then have vmware
load in your .xinitrc file  when x-windows starts. That seams like the
better solution than running Linux over windows.

----- Original Message -----
From: Mitchell Smith <mjs at blitztechnology.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: VMWare?


> Hehehehe, exactly, and thats why it's only an alternative.
>
> I have it set up this way on my notebook, but thats just because some
times I need to access Linux while in Windows apps while not having the
ability to remotely ssh somewhere.
>
> But I wouldn't recommend it as a solution in a production environment.
>
> Later
>
> From Mitchell
>
> > > The alternative of course is to use the Winblows version of vmware and
launch your Linux image from in Windows.
> >
> > Well, I guess that is *an* option, but...umm...why on earth would
> > anyone do a thing like that? I mean...running an OS under an
> > inherently unstable OS just sounds like it's asking for problems.
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